VMware Brings Adaptiva to AirWatch UEM for Windows 10 Deployments — Redmondmag.com
In its latest effort to extend its AirWatch platform beyond core mobile device management (MDM), VMware today said it has tapped Adaptiva to integrate its OneSite peer-to-peer software distribution tool with its new AirWatch Unified Endpoint Management (UEM) offering.
VMs not getting killed after vMSC partition has lifted – via Yellow Bricks
I was talking to a VMware partner over the past couple of weeks about challenges they had in a new vSphere Metro Storage Cluster (vMSC) environment. In their particular case they simulated a site partition. During the site partition three things were expected to happen:
Basic VMware Security Tools and Practices – via VMware TAM Blog
I had the pleasure of joining my first ever internal security conference called MooseCon (Making Our Organization Security Experts Conference). There were a variety of topics discussed, but one particular talk by Noah Wasmer, Senior Vice President of Mobile Products, stayed with me the most. Noah discussed recent cyber attacks in the news, and he asked, “If you were on the front page of the Wall Street Journal because of a security breach, what would that do to your business?”
PowerCLI/Powershell: vCenter Slack Bot – via Zsoldier’s Tech Blog
An OVF from Opvizor that gets deployed to any VMware environment for powercli slack integration. Very simple deployment model.
How Does A DMZ-Zone for Hybrid Clouds Actually Work?
While the cloud is revolutionary for enterprises, security issues are stalling migration. In our previous blog, we highlighted how vCloud Air Hybrid DMZ resolves those barriers.
Adding new vNICs in UCS changes vmnic order in ESXi – via Open902.com
This problem exists since the dawn of time really. I have seen this all the back in ESX3.x where adding new physical NICs changes the vmnic order. Example KB: VMware.com.
I want a vCSA 6.5 Database Backup – via VirtualPad
Whenever you decide backing up the vCSA 6.5 Database, as part as the greatest features of vSphere 6.5, these are a few tips to consider:
Auto Deploy performance boost with reverse proxy caches
The latest release of VMware vSphere includes beneficial improvements to Auto Deploy, including a new graphical user interface, a new deployment workflow, and various manageability and operational enhancements. One of the operational advancements is a dramatically simplified caching capability.
Oracle on VMware Collateral – One Stop Shop
Here is a one stop shop for all collateral related to Oracle on VMware SDDC for easy and quick access.
Configure and Manage VMware vSphere Distributed Switch
A virtual switch helps admins connect virtual machines and direct traffic throughout a virtual network. But the VMware vSphere Distributed Switch (VDS) provides more: more features and support for highly scalable environments. With the right configuration, VDS can help you manage the virtual resources of your entire network. In this course, author Brandon Neill shows how to configure and manage the VDS.
HOL Three-Tier Application, Part 1
This is the first post in my series about the multi-tier application we use in some of the VMware Hands-on Labs to demonstrate, among other things, network connectivity, microsegmentation and load balancing. This post will cover downloading the base operating system and performing the configuration tasks common to all of the VMs in the solution. As with anything, there are multiple ways to do this. This represents the way that worked for me.
[Webcast] Visibility Driven Progress with vRealize Log Insight
Discover how easy it is to use VMware vRealize Log Insight to get a valuable understanding of your environment’s health and performance. Join our experts on 1/26 for more!
[Webcast] Visibility Driven Progress with vRealize Log Insight
Discover how easy it is to use VMware vRealize Log Insight to get a valuable understanding of your environment’s health and performance. Join our experts on 1/26 for more!
Cohesity Solutions Guide for VMware – via Punching Clouds
Hot off the press!!!! New Cohesity solutions guide for VMware. This guide is tailored for virtualization, storage and backup architects and administrators who are responsible for enterprise data protection of their VMware environments. The guide outlines the core architecture of Cohesity’s Data Managment platform in VMware environment. You will find details key design recommendations and practices for successful configuration and deployments.
Upgrade an Appliance with OvfTools – via LucD notes
Appliances are hot! Each appliance, delivered as an OVA or OVF, can have one or more properties attached to it. These properties are mostly used to configure the appliance. In PowerCLI we have the Get-OvfConfiguration cmdlet. It returns the user configurable properties from an OVF or OVA file in a hash table.
Restart Priorities and Orchestrated Restart for vSphere HA – via ntpro.nl
This video demonstrates the new Restart Priorities and Orchestrated Restart features of vSphere HA in vSphere 6.5
Getting More Out of VMware: Installation and Sizing of vRealize Operations (Jan 18th)
On January 18th, we will be hosting another “Getting More out of VMware” webinar. We will show you how to install and size vRealize Operations. Register here, or read for more details!
VMware vSphere 6.5 Embedded Update Manager (VUM) Demo
In VMware vSphere 6.5, Update Manager (VUM) is now fully embedded with the vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA). See an overview of the user interface and how to upgrade a cluster to VMware ESXi 6.5.
New “raw” VM Storage Policy support in OVFTool 4.2 simplifies bootstrapping VMs onto VSAN – via virtuallyGhetto
Several weeks back I came across a handy little tidbit on an enhancement that was added to the latest version of OVFTool (4.2) that greatly simplifies the bootstrapping of a vCenter Server or any other VM for that matter onto a vSAN Datastore.
vSphere 6.5 Encrypted vMotion Architecture and Performance
With the rise in popularity of hybrid cloud computing, where VM sensitive data leaves the traditional IT environment and traverses over the public networks, IT administrators and architects need a simple and secure way to protect critical VM data that traverses across clouds and over long distances.
